On Four Poorly Known Species of Spiders (Araneae: Gnaphosidae and Lycosidae) Described by T. Thorell from Crimea

: Kovblyuk M, Marusik Y, Omelko M

Publisher: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences * Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research

: 2013

: Acta Zoologica Bulgarica

: Acta Zool.Bulg.

: 4

: 65

: 4

: 423

: 427

: 5

: 0324-0770

: http://www.acta-zoologica-bulgarica.eu/downloads/acta-zoologica-bulgarica/2013/65-4-.pdf

Type specimens of four species described by Thorell (1875) from South Ukraine and originally attributed to Prosthesima L. Koch, 1872 and Tarentula Sundevall, 1831 were re-examined for the first time and four new synonyms are proposed: Prosthesima nitida Thorell, 1875 n. syn. = Drassyllits pusillus (C.L. Koch, 1833); Prosthesima rufipes Thorell, 1875 n. syn. = Poecilochroa senilis (O.P.-Cambridge, 1872); Zelotes kukushkini Kovblyuk, 2006 n. syn. = Zelotes fuscus (Thorell, 1875); Deliriosa karadagensis Kovblyuk, 2009 n. syn. = Deliriosa chiragrica (Thorell, 1875) n. comb. for Tarentula chiragrica Thorell, 1875. In addition it was found that a record of Zelotes femellus from Crimea actually refers to Zelotes hermani (Chyzer, 1897). Lectotype made is designated for Zelotes fuscus. Diagnostic figures for Zelotes fuscus and Deliriosa chiragrica are provided.